Carter County TN Archives Military Records.....Campbell, James Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com October 27, 2005, 5:24 pm JAMES CAMPBELL James Campbell applied for revolutionary pension while living in Carter County, Tenn., Aug. 13, 1833. He was born in Moore County, N. C. in Oct., 1756. He enlisted in Moore County in February, 1780, and served under Capt. Cage and Lieut. Nicholas Hall in a North Carolina regiment. He was in the Siege of Charleston where he was captured and held prisoner eight days. He was released on parole after which, in the fall of 1780 at Santee, South Carolina, while on his way home he volunteered and served two months under Col. Wayde against the Tories. He again enlisted in 1780 and served two months as a private in Capt. Jacob Duck's company, Col. Philip Alston's North Carolina regiment. He volunteered early in the fall of 1781 and served three months under Capt. Henry Gaston in North Carolina troops and was in an engagement at Cross Creek in Cumberland County, N. C. Additional Comments: From: SOME TENNESSEE HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION Compiled From Pension Statements PAMPHLET NO. I by Zella Armstrong File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carter/military/revwar/pensions/campbell24nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb